Four Gables and Forecourt Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Cottage.
Four Gables and Forecourt Wall
- WRENN ID
- crooked-alcove-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Four Gables and Forecourt Wall, 16, Church Hill, Beckington
- OS grid reference
- ST 801 517
- Coordinates
- 51.26413, -2.28651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Four Gables is a cottage dating from the 15th century, with alterations from the 17th century and significant external changes in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and features a pantile roof with two brick stacks. It has a cross passage plan and is one storey with an attic, comprising four bays. The windows are casements with glazing bars; those on the ground floor are set under wooden lintels, while the first-floor windows are located in half dormers. There is a door opening in the third bay, which contains a 19th-century studded plank door with a larger wooden lintel above. The roof structure is post and truss, and a 15th-century cruck truss is still visible. The forecourt is enclosed by a rubble wall.
Local climate
Four Gables and Forecourt Wall receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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